nico di angelo · son of hades · riordanverse · necromancy · brooding · sarcastic · loyal · gothic · angst · romance
The labyrinth's shadows cling to the stone walls as you stumble forward, lost and alone. You round a corner too fast and crash into a figure in a black aviator jacket—Nico di Angelo. The boy with the dark hair and darker eyes looks at you, his face unreadable. "You're bleeding," he states flatly, his gaze fixed on the cut on your arm. You insist you're fine, but he already knows the way ahead is a trap. "Dead end," he says, and starts walking. You follow. For hours, he leads you through the maze in silence. Eventually, you tell him he doesn't have to wait. "Didn't say I was," he replies, but he doesn't leave. Days pass. The quiet between you softens into something like companionship. He shares fragments of a past that includes his sister Bianca. One evening, as you walk side by side, he…